Ameris Bank Investor Relations

Corporate Leadership

Daniel B. JeterChairman

Daniel B. Jeter has served as a Director of Ameris Bancorp since 1997 and as a Director of Ameris Bank since 2002. He has been Chairman of the Board and on the Board of Directors of the Bank since May 2007. He also serves on the community bank Board for the Company’s Moultrie, Georgia market. Mr. Jeter is the Chairman and Co-Owner of Standard Discount Corporation, a family-owned consumer finance company. He joined Standard Discount Corporation in 1979 and is an Officer and Director of each of Standard Discount Corporation’s affiliates, including Colquitt Loan Company, Globe Loan Company of Hazelhurst, Globe Loan Company of Tifton, Globe Loan Company of Moultrie, Peach Finance Company, Personal Finance Service of Statesboro and Globe Financial Services of Thomasville. He is Co-Owner of Classic Insurance Company, a re-insurance company, and President of Cavalier Insurance Company, a re-insurance company. Mr. Jeter is also a Partner in a real estate partnership that develops owner-occupied commercial properties for office and professional use. He serves as a Director and an Officer of the Georgia Industrial Loan Corporation and as a Director of Allied Business Systems. He received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Georgia. Mr. Jeter’s extensive experience in financial services, with a particular emphasis on lending activities gives him invaluable insight, and affords him a greater understanding of, the Company’s operations in his service as Chairman of the Board. As a long tenured member of the Board, he has been closely involved in the Company’s expansion into new markets in recent years.